Intro
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[Chorus]
G# C#
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
D#
Don't let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks
D# G#
Make 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
G# C#
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
D#
They'll never stay home and they're always alone
D# G#
Even with someone they love
[Verse 1]
G# C#
F cowboy ain't easy to love and he's harder to hold
D# G#
He'd rather give you a song than silver or gold
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Budwiser buckles and soft faded Wrangler's
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And each night begins a new day
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If you can't understand him and he don't die young
D# G#
He'll probably just ride away
[Chorus]
G# C#
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
D#
Don't let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks
D# G#
Make 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
G# C#
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
D#
They'll never stay home and they're always alone
D# G#
Even with someone they love
[verse 2]
G# C#
F cowboy like smoky old pool rooms and clear mountain mornings
D# G#
Little warm puppies and children and girls of the night
G#
Them that don't know him won't like him and them that do
C#
Sometimes won't know how to take him
C# D#
He ain't wrong, he's just different and his pride won't let him
D# G#
Do things to make you think he's right
[Chorus]
G# C#
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
D#
Don't let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks
D# G#
Make 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
G# C#
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys